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President Joe Biden is expected to confirm his 200th judge, highlighting the stakes for the courts in his bid against Donald Trump in the 2024 elections. ... The judicial records of Biden and ...
Biden had the most Article III judicial nominees confirmed during a president's first year in office since Ronald Reagan in 1981. [2] Biden appointed the most federal judges during the first two years of any presidency since John F. Kennedy. [3] Biden reached the milestone of 200 federal judicial confirmations on May 22, 2024.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson with President Joe Biden in 2022. On January 26, 2022, it was reported that Justice Stephen Breyer planned to step down at the end of the court's current term, giving Biden his first opportunity to name a justice to the court. [8]
Trump's outsized influence on the judiciary included his appointment of 54 judges to the 13 federal appellate courts that are a step below the Supreme Court. Biden has made 42 such appointments.
However, the party lost automatic ballot access in a May 2024 ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court, meaning party officials would have to petition for ballot access. [171] The party was also ballot-qualified in Nebraska, but no candidates qualified for the May 14 primary. Instead, the state affiliate party nominated Cornel West. [172]
The president’s Cabinet, Supreme Court justices who choose to attend, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, former members of Congress and members of the diplomatic corps are seated in front of lawmakers ...
As of April 2024, more than 190 candidates have filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2024. [60]Following the withdrawal of President Biden on July 21, 2024, the race became an open contest to be decided at the Democratic National Convention.
After the election of Donald Trump on November 5, 2024, many district court judges appointed by Democratic presidents who had previously planned to retire, decided to remain on the bench. Combined with the timing of the introduction of the Act itself and President Biden's veto of the bill, allegations of partisanship on both sides have arose as ...